Macbeth (1908 film)

1908 film

Macbeth

Directed by| James Stuart Blackton
Written by| William Shakespeare (play)
Starring| William Ranous

Release date

* April 19, 1908 (1908-04-19)

Country| United States
Language| Silent with English intertitles

Macbeth is a silent 1908 American film directed by James Stuart Blackton based on the William Shakespeare play of the same name. It is the second known film version of that play after a short fighting sequence was filmed in 1905 by an unknown director. It was a black and white silent film that had English intertitles. It is currently unknown if any print of the film still exists.[1]

## Cast

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* William Ranous as Macbeth
* Paul Panzer as Macduff
* Charles Kent as Duncan
* Louise Carver as Lady Macbeth
* Édouard de Max
* Florence Lawrence as Banquet Guest
* Florence Turner as Banquet Guest

## See also

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* List of American films of 1908

## References

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1. ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com. Retrieved April 3, 2021.

## External links

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* Macbeth at IMDb

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Films directed by J. Stuart Blackton

Feature films|

* The Life of Moses (1909)
* The Battle Cry of Peace (1915)
* Whom the Gods Destroy (1916)
* The Judgment House (1917)
* Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (1917)
* Life's Greatest Problem (1918)
* The World for Sale (1918)
* The Common Cause (1919)
* My Husband's Other Wife (1920)
* Passers By (1920)
* The House of the Tolling Bell (1920)
* Respectable by Proxy (1920)
* Man and His Woman (1920)
* The Blood Barrier (1920)
* The Forbidden Valley (1920)
* The Glorious Adventure (1922)
* A Gipsy Cavalier (1922)
* The Virgin Queen (1923)
* On the Banks of the Wabash (1923)
* Between Friends (1924)
* Let Not Man Put Asunder (1924)
* The Beloved Brute (1924)
* The Clean Heart (1924)
* Behold This Woman (1924)
* The Happy Warrior (1925)
* The Redeeming Sin (1925)
* Tides of Passion (1925)
* Bride of the Storm (1926)
* Hell-Bent for Heaven (1926)
* The Gilded Highway (1926)
* The Passionate Quest (1926)
* The American (1927)

Short films|

* The Humpty Dumpty Circus (1898)
* The Enchanted Drawing (1900)
* Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
* Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906)
* The Automobile Thieves (1906)
* The Haunted Hotel (1907)
* A Curious Dream (1907)
* Macbeth (1908)
* Romeo and Juliet (1908)
* Antony and Cleopatra (1908)
* Oliver Twist (1909)
* Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909)
* Les Misérables (1909)
* A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)

Related|

* Vitagraph Studios
* Paula Blackton (wife)
* Marian Constance Blackton (daughter)

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William Shakespeare's Macbeth

Characters|

* Macbeth
* Lady Macbeth
* Banquo
* Macduff
* King Duncan
* Malcolm
* Donalbain
* Three Witches
* Fleance
* Lady Macduff
* Macduff's son
* Third Murderer
* Young Siward

Inspirations|

* Macbeth, King of Scotland
* Gruoch of Scotland
* Duncan I of Scotland
* Malcolm III of Scotland
* Donald III of Scotland
* Siward, Earl of Northumbria
* King James VI and I

Sources|

* Daemonologie (1597)
* The Witch (play)
* Holinshed's Chronicles
* Darraðarljóð

Film|

* 1908
* 1909 (French)
* 1909 (Italian)
* 1911
* 1913
* 1915
* 1916
* 1922
* 1948
* Unfinished
* 1971
* 2006
* 2015
* The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
* accolades

Television|

* 1954
* 1960 US TV
* 1960 Australian TV
* 1961
* 1979
* 1982
* 1983
* 1992
* 2010

TV / film adaptations|

* The Real Thing at Last (1916)
* Marmayogi (1951)
* Joe MacBeth (1955)
* Throne of Blood (1957)
* Marmayogi (1964)
* Macbeth (Verdi opera) (1987)
* Men of Respect (1990)
* Scotland, PA (2001)
* Makibefo (2001)
* Maqbool (2003)
* 2005
* The Last King of Scotland (2006)
* Shakespeare Must Die (2012)
* Thane of East County (2015)
* Veeram (2016)
* Joji (2021)

Plays|

* Khwab-e-Hasti (1909)
* Voodoo Macbeth (1936)
* MacBird! (1967)
* uMabatha (1970)
* Macbett (1972)
* Cahoot's Macbeth (1979)
* MacHomer (1995)
* Just Macbeth! (2008)
* Sleep No More (2009)
* Dunsinane (2010)
* Sleep No More (2011)

Operas|

* Macbeth (1847, Verdi)
* discography
* Macbeth (1910, Bloch)

Literary adaptations|

* Wyrd Sisters (1988)
* The Last King of Scotland (1998)
* Macbeth (2018)

Albums|

* Music from Macbeth (1972)
* Macbeth (1990)
* Thane to the Throne (2000)
* Shakespeare's Macbeth – A Tragedy in Steel (2003)
* Lady Macbeth (2005)

Art|

* Pity (1795)
* The Night of Enitharmon's Joy (1795)
* Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers (1812 painting)
* Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth (1889)
* Lady Macbeth (1905 sculpture)

Scenes and speeches|

* "On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth" (1823)
* Sleepwalking Scene (5.1)
* "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow"

Words and phrases|

* "What's done is done"
* "Crack of doom"
* The Scottish Play
* Thane of Cawdor

In popular culture|

| Novels, film and theatre|

* We Work Again
* Light Thickens
* The Deadly Affair
* Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine
* The Scottish Play
* Burke & Hare

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Television|

* "A Witch's Tangled Hare" (1959, Looney Tunes)
* "The Bellero Shield" (1964, The Outer Limits)
* "The Movies" (1975, The Goodies)
* "Sense and Senility" (1987, Blackadder the Third)
* "Sleeping with the Enemy" (2004, The Simpsons)
* "The Coup" (2006, The Office)
* "Dial 'N' for Nerder" (2008, The Simpsons)
* "Four Great Women and a Manicure" (2009, The Simpsons)
* "The Shower Principle" (2012, 30 Rock)
* "The Understudy" (2014, Inside No. 9)

Other|

* Macbeth (Johann Strauss)
* The Scottish Play
* Piano Trios, Op. 70 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
* The Ruins of Cawdor
* House of Cards (UK, 1990)
* House of Cards (US, 2013–2018)
* Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)

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